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Exploring the Architecture of Georgian Reading

Reading Town Hall, Blagrave Street, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 1QH

  • 13 Sep 2025
  • In person
  • Pre-booking required

A walking tour of Reading's extensive Georgian architecture by Dr Stephen Gage, Lecturer in Architecture at University of Reading. Reading has over 400 listed buildings from the Georgian period, representing a substantial part of its built heritage.

Reading has a rich and often overlooked legacy of Georgian architecture, from early C18 houses on Castle Street and London Street, to the Town Hall Assembly Rooms of 1785, to the Royal Berkshire Hospital and Eldon Square in the 1830s. The early C19 expansion was especially remarkable, seen in the striking terraces ringing the old medieval centre along King’s Road, Queen’s Road, London Road, Castle Hill, Russell Street, and others. This walk will encompass an architectural tour of Reading’s Georgian legacy, starting at the Town Hall and circling around to the east, south and back to the town centre (approximately 4km route).

Your Guide: Dr Stephen Gage is a lecturer and BSc Programme Director at University of Reading School of Architecture. He is an architectural historian specialising in the architectural, urban and landscape histories of C19 and early C20 Britain and America.

Timings & Tours

Saturday 13 September:
10.00 - 12.30

Location & directions

Reading Town Hall, Blagrave Street, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 1QH

Directions:
Meet outside the Town Hall at the Queen Victoria statue
Contact on day:
Stephen Gage
Telephone number:
+447551008816

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:
Pre-booking required
Booking conditions:
Please book through Eventbrite.
Booking website:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring-the-architecture-of-georgian-reading-tickets-1459653465809?aff=oddtdtcreator

Accessibility details

Please note this is a walking intensive tour; there will be frequent stops to discuss buildings but not many places to sit and no loos available. All locations will be exterior (no interiors on tour).

Additional information

Tour will finish at Holybrook House, Castle Street.

Max no of people per tour:
15
Est. tour duration:
2 hour(s) 30 minute(s)

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